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Nirmal Dahal

Experience

Roles, newest first.

Where I've worked, what I did there, and the communities I help run.

5 of 5 roles

  1. 2019 to present

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Co-founder
    CryptoGen Nepal logo

    Co-founder, CryptoGen Nepal

    Co-founded with Santosh Bhandari and Aaditya Khati. Oversees offensive security, the security operations centre, R&D, GRC and sales, and leads R&D on product architecture and prototypes, including the company's SOC platform.

    • Offensive security
    • Security operations
    • GRC
    • R&D
  2. 2022 to present

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Part-time
    Softwarica College of IT & E-commerce logo

    Part-time lecturer, Softwarica College of IT & E-commerce

    Teaches practical penetration testing, web security, red team management and cybersecurity career development.

    • Penetration testing
    • Web security
    • Red team management
    • Teaching
  3. 2017 to present

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Voluntary
    Pentester Nepal logo

    Community leader, Pentester Nepal

    Leads a cybersecurity community of more than 6,000 members and organises its meetups and anniversary events.

    • Community leadership
    • Meetups and events
  4. 2021 to 2024

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Voluntary
    OWASP Kathmandu chapter logo

    Volunteer community leader, OWASP Kathmandu chapter

    Organised application security events and talks, including an Introduction to Hardware Hacking session at Meetup 0x05 (October 2023).

    • Application security
    • Community leadership
    • Hardware hacking
  5. 2016 to 2019

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Full-time
    Eminence Ways logo

    Senior security researcher, Eminence Ways

    Led web, mobile and API penetration testing, mostly for banks, payment service providers and payment system operators.

    • Web testing
    • Mobile testing
    • API testing
    • Banking and payments

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Tell me what you need to protect and by when. I'll reply with whether I can help and how I'd approach it.